Production Supervisor General Assembly📣 إعلان

About the Production Supervisor Role

Lucid Motors Middle East is seeking a Production Supervisor for General Assembly to oversee day-to-day production operations at its facility in King Abdullah Economic City, Makkah. This full-time role is responsible for ensuring safe, high-quality, and efficient manufacturing within a dynamic automotive environment. The position is crucial for supporting new product and process launches, requiring close collaboration with Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to drive continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on leader committed to team development, problem-solving, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate daily production activities to meet output, quality, cost, and delivery targets.
• Ensure compliance with automotive quality systems, safety standards, and company policies.
• Monitor production performance, analyze downtime, and implement corrective actions.
• Lead, motivate, and develop production team members through clear direction, coaching, and performance management.
• Collaborate with Quality, PFS, Maintenance, PE, ME, and Logistics teams to resolve production issues.
• Ensure proper use and availability of equipment, tools, and materials.
• Enforce workplace safety, housekeeping standards, and environmental regulations.
• Execute Leader Standard Work, including Gemba walks, shift start-up checks, line readiness verification, and routine process confirmation.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture by proactively identifying hazards, responding to incidents, and ensuring timely reporting and corrective actions.
• Ensure built-in quality by verifying standardized work, confirming critical-to-quality steps, and escalating abnormalities.
• Lead structured tier meetings and shift briefings to communicate priorities, confirm staffing, review performance, and escalate issues.
• Coach Team Leaders and Team Members to resolve problems at the lowest level using problem-solving methods.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean tools such as 5S, Kaizen, standardized work, and visual management.
• Manage workforce planning, including manpower allocation, shift coverage, attendance, and skills coverage.
• Ensure synchronous material flow by coordinating logistics to prevent shortages and line stoppages.
• Support new part and process launches through production readiness planning and cross-functional coordination.
• Implement engineering changes through the formal change management process, ensuring documentation accuracy, team training, and updates to standardized work.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to guide, motivate, and develop teams.
• Strong safety awareness with an understanding of shop floor safety standards and compliance requirements.
• Solid understanding of automotive manufacturing processes and assembly operations.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, structured problem-solving tools, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to interpret production data, KPIs, and technical documentation.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills across all organizational levels.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities in a fast-paced production environment.
• Working knowledge of quality tools such as FMEA, Control Plans, and root cause analysis.
• Proficient in MS Office and manufacturing systems (ERP / MES) for reporting and performance tracking.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Minimum 5-10 years of experience in a supervisory role within automotive or industrial manufacturing.
• Experience managing production teams in a high-volume environment.
• Familiarity with quality systems and ISO standards.
• Willingness to work shifts, overtime, and weekends as per production requirements.
• Eligible to work in Saudi Arabia (Saudi nationals preferred, where applicable, in line with Saudization policies).

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time position based in King Abdullah Economic City, Makkah. The role involves direct supervision of production teams, typically up to 80 employees, within a fast-paced automotive manufacturing setting.